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Eye of the Needle

To love a stranger is easy. To kill a lover is not.

  • Movie
  • 1981
  • R
  • 1h 48m

Directed by Richard Marquand

6.7

TMDB audience rating
6.7 out of 10 from 272 votes

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Overview

Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.

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Cast and crew

  • Donald Sutherland

    Donald SutherlandFaber

  • Kate Nelligan

    Kate NelliganLucy

  • Ian Bannen

    Ian BannenGodliman

  • Christopher Cazenove

    Christopher CazenoveDavid

  • Faith Brook

    Faith BrookLucy's Mother

  • Barbara Ewing

    Barbara EwingMrs. Garden

  • David Hayman

    David HaymanCanter

  • Alex McCrindle

    Alex McCrindleTom

  • Philip Martin Brown

    Philip Martin BrownBilly Parkin

  • Stephen MacKenna

    Stephen MacKennaLieutenant

  • George Belbin

    George BelbinLucy's Father

  • Barbara GraleyDavid's Mother

  • George LeeConstable

  • Arthur LovegrovePeterson

  • Colin RixOliphant

  • Chris JenkinsonGerman SS Officer

  • William MerrowGerman Radio Operator

  • Patrick ConnorInspector Harris

Director
Richard Marquand
Writer
Stanley Mann and Ken Follett
Music
Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography
Alan Hume